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2017 Induction Weekend

The Women's Basketball Hall of Fame will inducted its newest class of inductees on June 10, 2017. Stay tune for more information regarding the 2017 Induction Weekend.

Class of 2016

The Women's Basketball Hall of Fame inducted its 18th group of inductees, the Class of 2016, on June 11 in Knoxville. The six members of the Class of 2016 are: Sherri Coale (coach), June Courteau (contributor), Joe Lombard (coach), Jackie Stiles (player), Bill Tipps (posthumously) (contributor), and Natalie Williams (player). Congratulations to the newest members of the Hall of fame Family...More Information

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All American Red Heads

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The Class of 2016

Coale is currently the head coach for the University of Oklahoma. She has guided Oklahoma to a 420-206 record in 19 years including 16 consecutive NCAA tournaments appearances with 3 Women’s Final Four berths. Coale has guided her teams to 6 Big 12 regular season championships and 4 Big 12 tournament championships. She has been named Big 12 Coach of the Year 4 times.

Courteau has 45 years’ experience in women’s basketball officiating. She officiated WNBA games from 1997-2011, including 13 WNBA Finals and two WNBA All-Star games. Courteau also officiated in 12 NCAA Women’s Final Fours including 5 National Championship games. She was the 1989 Naismith Official of the Year and 1990 Atlantic Coast Conference Official of the Year.

Lombard has guided Nazareth and Canyon High Schools to 17 state championships. In 37 years of coaching girls high school basketball, he has led his teams to an overall record of 1165-109. Lombard reached 1,000 wins before losing 100 games. He was named the 2003 USA Today Coach of the Year and the WBCA Coach of the Year. He was inducted into the Texas Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007.

Stiles became the first and only Division I women’s basketball player to score more than 1,000 points in a single season. She is the all-time leading scorer in Division I women’s basketball with 3,393 points while at Missouri State University (Formerly Southwest Missouri State University). Stiles was named a 2001 Kodak All-American and received the 2001 Wade Trophy award. She was named the 2001 WNBA Rookie of the Year.

Tipps served as a member of the USA Women’s Basketball Games committee. From 1988-1996, he was a member of Staff Selection Sub-Committee of USA Basketball. From 1979-1991, Tipps served as the Chairman of AAU Girls Basketball. He was a 1987 President’s National Leadership Award honoree. Tipps was inducted into the AAU Volunteer Hall of Fame in 1991.

Williams was a two-time Kodak All-American while at the University of California Los Angeles. She was the first woman to earn All-American honors in both basketball and volleyball in the same year. Williams was a three-time All-WNBA 1st team selection and a three-time WNBA All-Star. She helped guide USA Basketball to the 2000 Olympic gold medal.

Congratulations to the Class of 2016 on your induction into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame